Vending-machine.



G. D. BRUGGEMANN.

VENDING- MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00124, 1913.

' 1,095,803. Patented May 5, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1913.

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VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GnRnARD'r D. BRUGGE- MANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lVest Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Vending-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to coin controlled vending machines, and the object thereof is to provide a simple, automatic and inexpensive machine adapted to dispense packages, preferably of cylindrical or similar shapes, which machine becomes operative after a predetermined coin has been placed in the slot, permitting the manipulation of a lever.

I obtain the above object by providing a casing having a delivery chute, a. coin slot, a

hopper adapted to store the packages to be delivered, a member normally closing the upper outlet and adapted to become operative when apredetermined coin is placed into the casing through the slot, and means adapted to be manipulated from the outside of the casing, becoming operable when the coin is inserted and whereby said member is operated, thereby delivering a package from the hopper to the chute of the casing.

The invention consists of the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of an embodiment of my invention with the door open, showing the interior of the casing; Fig. 2 is a section on line 22, Fig. 6; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a section on line t-4:, Fig. 8; Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5, Fig. t; and Fig. 6 .is a' transverse section showing the distributer and the means for operating the same.

Referring to the drawings, 7 represents a casing, one wall ofwhich forms a door 8 through which access into the casing is obtained, and which door is provided with a suitablev locking means for closing the casing. Positioned in the upper portion of the casing is a hopper 9 supported in position in the casing by means of suitable transverse members 10 secured to the walls of the easing (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) The bottom of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 24, 1913.

Patented May '5, 1914.

Serial No; 797,058.

the hopper is made sloping toward the outlet 11, the width and length of which is substantially equal to the width and length of the package, so that the packages can only superpose each other in the outlet end 11. The packages 12 are prevented from falling out from the end of the hopper by a member 13 mounted on the shaft 14L adapted to journal in bearing blocks 15. The member 13, on the surface engaging the packages, is provided with a longitudinal slot 16 forming a grip to engage the packages; and, furthermore, the portion of said surface disposed toward the front of the casing is slightly raised and forms an incline, preventing the articles-from moving toward this end, as best shown in Fig. 2. The opposite end of the member 13 is provided with a raised, cylindrical portion 18, preventing the articles from moving toward this end. Furthermore,

the cylindrical portion prevents the packages from falling out from the hopper when the member 18 moves a package through the delivery chute 19 into the receptacle 20 positioned on the front of the casing 7.

Secured to the shaft 14 adjacent the member 13 is a cam 21 which is associated in its rotary movement with the member 13. Engaging the cam 21 is a pawl 22 pivotally mounted on the bearing block 15, which normally prevents the rotation of the cam in the direct-ion indicated by the arrow in Figs. 2 and 4. The pawl. 22 is maintained in engagement with the cam, as shown in Figs. 2 and i, by means of a coil spring 23. One end of the shaft 14: receives an arm 24, secured thereto in any suitable way, the free end of which projects through a slot 26'provided in the vertical guide 25 positioned adjacent the front of the casing. The end of the arm 24: is maintained against theupper portion of the recess by the action of a coil spring 27 acting on the cam. Thus member 13, earn 21 and arm 2 are maintained in normal position by means of coil spring 27 acting on the cam and bringing the end of the .arm 24 against the upper end of the slot 26 in the guide 25, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 5.

The guide member 25 is provided with two independent passageways 28 and 29 adjacent each other and, both engaged by a bifurcated end of a sliding bar 30 mounted to slide in the guide 25. A coil spring 31, attaches the bar 30 to the top of the casing 7 and thereby tends to restore it to its not.-

mal position. The bar 30 adjacent its upper end is also provided with a lateral extension 32 projecting through a slot 33 provided in the front of the casing. This projection is adapted to be engaged by a finger whereby the bar 30 is actuated. The branch 3+1 of the bifurcated end of the bar 30 engages the passageway 28, and the end of said branch is adapted to engage the end of the arm 2 1. The opposite branch 35 of the bifurcation engages the passageway 29 and is shorter than the branch 34.

The passageway 29 is preferably open at the bottom, where an extension of the pawl 22 is positioned. This extension 36 supports a slide member 37 positioned in the passage 29, and which member has its upper end beveled from the slot 38 in the guide to the slot 40 in the opposite side of the same. The slot 38 registers with the coin slot 39 in the front of the casing, while the slot 10 leads to a trough ll for conveying the coins to the portion 4-2 of the casing formed by the member 13 serving a base to the bearing blocks 15 and the guide 25. The relative length of the branches 3 1 and is such that when the bar is manipulated by means of the lateral extension 32, the branch will come in engagement with the end of the lever 241 before the branch can come in engagement with the member 3'7, thereby preventing the manipulation of the member 13 which distributes the packages.

The operation of my device is as follows:

To permit the operation of the member 13 by means of the push bar. a coin must be introduced through the coin slot 39 in the front of the casing 7,which will pass through the slot 38 in the guide 25 and fall into the passageway 29 to the sliding member 37 without in any way disturbing the same, as the coil spring 23 is sufficiently strong not to be disturbed by the coin. As the push-bar 30 moved in the direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. l, the two branches 341 and 35 of the bifurcation will slide downward and enter the respective passageways 28 and 29. The introduction of the coin will in reality increase the length of the sliding mem ber 37, and, therefore, the branch 35 will engage the coin before the end of the branch 34 comes in engagement with the end of the arm 24, Therefore, the pawl 22 will become disengaged from the cam 21 before the branch 34 engages the arm 24, thus permitting the rotation of the member 1.3 in the bearing blocks 15.

.As the bar 30 continues in its downward movement, the coin comes in register with the slot 40 and passes therethrough into the trough ll and then rolls into the receptacle 20. The escape of the coin from the passageway 29. into the trough is helped by the beveled end of the sliding member 37 and also by the end of the branch The escape of the coin also permits the coil spring 23 to draw the pawl 22 against the lateral surface of the cam 21.

The movement of the arm under the action of the branch 3 1 forces the package 12 positioned on the member 13 to move toward the delivery chute 19 with the cylindrical portion 18 moving across the outlet 11. The package 12 positioned on the member 13 and moved by the same, causes the trap 6P1 hinged at the end of the outlet 11. to swing, thereby permitting the said package to move with the member toward the delivery chute 19, while the cylindrical portion 18 of the menr ber 13 prevents the superposing packages 12 from falling out through the outlet 11. hen the end of the arm 21 reaches the lower portion of the slot 26, which is the limit of the movement of the branch 34, the package 12 is thrown into the delivery chute 19. As the bar 30 is released, the spring 31 will restore the same to its normal position, while the spring 27 will cause the cam and the member 13 to return to its normal position; and, similarly, the end of the arm 24 will come against the upper part of the slot 26. This movement of the cam will allow the spring to bring the pawl 22 into engagement with the cam, restoring the device to position ready for a new delivery. The trap 14 at the end of the outlet 11 is maintained in normal position by means of springs positioned at each side of the outlet (see Fig. 1), and the purpose of this trap is to prevent the package normally positioned on the member 13 from being forced out by the pressure on said package by the superposing packages. The hopper 9 is also provided with a door 46 through which the same can be filled with packages for delivery.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a vending machine, a casing having a coin inlet and a delivery chute; a hopper in the casing adapted to receive packages to be delivered through the chute; a rotatably mounted member normally preventing passage of packages from the hopper; a cam associated with said rotary member; means for maintaining said cam and member in a normal position; a sliding bar mounted in said casing and having means for manipulating the same from the outside of the casing; a guide for said bar; means for restoring said bar to its normal position; an arm associated with said cam and rotary member and adapted tobe engaged by said bar whereby said member is rotated; a pawl engaging said cam and normally preventing the rotation of said member; means for maintaining the engagement of the pawl withv the .cam'; a member mounted'toislide coasting with the pawl; means for guid ing said member having means to convey a coin from the coin inlet of the casing on to said slidably mounted member; an extension from said bar adapted to engage said slide through the medium of a coin before the bar can engage the above-mentioned arm, whereby the pawl is disengaged from the cam before the bar actuates the arm, thereby permitting the rotation of said member positioned under the outlet of the hopper.

2. In a vending machine, a casing having a coin inlet and a delivery chute; a hopper in the casing adapted to carry packages to be delivered through the chute; a rotatably mounted member normally preventing the passage of packages from the hopper and whereby one package at a time is delivered from the hopper to the chute; a cam associated with the member; an arm associated with the member; a pawl engaging said cam and normally preventing the rotation of the arm, member and cam; means for maintaining said pawl in engagement with the cam; means for restoring said cam, arm and member to normal position; a guide in the casing having passageways therein, said arm and pawl engaging independent passageways; a bar having a bifurcated end the branches of which engage said passageways, one of said branches being adapted to engage said arm when said bar is operated, said bar having means whereby it can be operated from the outside of the casing; means for restoring said bar to'its normal position; a member in the passageway engaged by the pawl and carried by the same, said passageway having an aperture registering with the coin inlet of the casing and an aperture at the opposite side thereof for delivering the coin; a receptacle in said casing for receiving the coins; and a trough for delivering the coin from said passageway to said receptacle, said second branch of the bar being adapted to engage said member in the passageway through the medium of a coin, whereby the pawl is disengaged from the cam previous to the engagement of the other branch of the bar with the said arm, whereby said member controlling the outlet of the hopper delivers a package to the chute.

3. In a vending machine, a casing having a coin inlet and a delivery chute; a receptacle adapted to carry packages in said casing and having an outlet for the same; a member normally preventing the discharge of packages from the outlet of the receptacle and adapted to deliver a package to said chute, the said member having a longitudinal slot forming a grip for the package and a cylindrical portion adapted to engage the outlet when said member delivers a package and thereby prevents the passage of packages during the delivery; means for maintaining said member in normal position; means for locking said member in said position; and means for operating said locking means and said member, comprising a bifurcated bar operable from the outside of the casing, said bar being adapted to engage said locking means through the medium of a coin inserted through the coin inlet thereby permitting the engagement of said bar with said member and thus delivering a package.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GERHARDT DERICKS BRUGGEMANN.

IVitnesses:

EDWARD SCHULTZ, EMIL B. BELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

